Culture

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Hanoi is the iconic Water Puppets Show, or Mua Roi Nuoc in Vietnamese, meaning, "making puppets dance on water".
The tradition of water puppetry dates back to the …

Governed by tradition, taboos and legends, Tet Nguyen Dan (Tet) welcomes the Lunar New Year and spring’s arrival. It is Vietnam’s most important festival and public holiday. The lunar and solar calendars are linked in …

The magic of the Christmas season isn’t far away, and both children and adults alike are anticipating the festive events of the holiday season in Hoi An.
The heritage site doesn’t have white snow and reindeer, …

Vietnam, in the eyes of foreigners who know the country well, is a nation that loves to party and celebrate whatever the occasion. Not only observing traditional rituals and festivities deeply ingrained in the psyche …

A well-known global word is a loan word from Japan, where this phenomenon was invented. Karaoke combines 'kara' from the Japanese word 'Karappo' meaning empty and 'oke' the short version of 'okesutora' for orchestra. The …

Hoi An is a town known for its festivals, and on Wednesday, October 4, visitors can experience one of the largest and most important festivals of the year.
The Mid-Autumn festival, or Tet Trung Thu, takes …

With over 6.5billion people in the world speaking more than 6,500 languages celebrating hundreds of festivals each year, the world is an infinite place. A BBC online article a few years ago commented: “modern humans …

For over 1,000 years from 111 BC to 938 AD Vietnam was under Chinese rule. Where language was concerned, only the educated elite could read and write. They wrote in classical Chinese characters called Chu-han …

Hanoi has around 1,200 streets named after famous people, celebrities, Vietnamese historical events, landmarks and so on. One such street, west of Hoan Kiem Lake, is Ly Quoc Su Street linking Hang Bong and Nha …

Run by the Vietnam Women's Union, the Vietnam Women's Museum (VWM), established in 1987, opened to the public 1995. Then, after extensive renovation and modernization, it reopened in 2010 in its current modern form, featuring …

Vietnam is one of the oldest tea producing nations; the Chinese introduced it while the French exploited commercial production by establishing tea plantations from 1880 in the northern regions and central highlands. Nowadays 60% of …

Once dearly called Diamond of the Far-east with the luxury level overriding that of Hong Kong or Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City is now the most populated city in Vietnam. Modern office skyscrapers, amidst Oriental …

The famous Japanese Bridge in Hoi An will be completely dismantled in an effort to save the 400-year-old icon from ruin.
Thanh Nien News reports that the ornate covered bridge, which was built by Japanese traders in …

Once dearly called Diamond of the Far-east with the luxury level overriding that of Hongkong or Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City is now the most populated city in Vietnam. Modern office skyscrapers, amidst Oriental style …